Project Manager Management

Diane A. Morra

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Greenville, RI 02828

Home: 401-***-**** Cell: 401-***-****

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http://www.linkedin.com/pub/diane-berard-morra/b/a51/11b

SKILLS & ABILITY

. Contract Administration and Negotiation

. Excellent Interpersonal, Verbal and Written Communications

. Project/Program Management Skills

. Ability to Manage Teams/Staff, Vendors and Subcontractors

. Proven Strong Leadership Skills

. Exceptional Presentation Skills

. Self Motivated

. Organized

. Team Oriented

. Action Oriented

WORK EXPERIENCE

March 2015 - April 2015 WESCO, Inc. (contract temp position)

Construction Project Manager

. Worked closely with Sales Dept managing the material ordering and

shipment of the Switchgear Packages to the contractors and/or job

sites.

. Verified material costs

. Attended vendor training on the systems used by WESCO

. Released gear package orders and tracked the status

. Attended weekly Construction meetings and other training as required

. Created and provided Order Status Reports to the clients which

included material tracking, order shipment dates, tracking info etc.

. Responsible for the later 2 Phases of Project Management: Execution

and Transfer phases of the materials. Sales were responsible for the

Concept and Development phase of the projects.

. Project Close Out at the end of the project was also one of my

responsibilities.

November 2014 - March 2015, Energy Electric Co., Inc., Uxbridge, MA

Assistant Project Manager

. Assist the Sr. PM on design build projects from inception to delivery

of finished product.

. Did take offs from blue prints and put projects out to bid

. Designed lighting packages for the jobs

. Wrote Cost Proposals

. Verified labor and tracked project hrs to stay within time and budget

. Wrote weekly manpower requirements based on the phase of the project

. Attended weekly job site meetings and resolved any issues that arose

> Most recent job is Marriott Towne Place Suites Wareham, MA acted

as the PM on this job to get it back on track when another PM

left the company.

> GC was impressed at the manner and time frame in which I got the

job back on track that he asked me to bid on 2 more upcoming

hotel builds.

March, 2010- December, 2013, LighTec, Inc., Merrimack, NH

Program/Project Manager

. Worked with Public Service Co of NH managing their Small Business

Energy Efficiency Program. Lead the company in administering the

program.

. Handled the administration of the awarded utility contract from

beginning to end of contract

. Contract negotiations

. Trained auditors, vendors, electricians and co-workers on:

> Computer programs, proper method of the process.

> Data management and reporting

> Material ordering

> Hiring of the electricians

> Providing job specs and job costs

> Interfacing with the customers from inception to completion of

project

. Brought many regional accounts for national accounts to LighTec and

administered the rebate program for them, this includes Efficiency

Maine, by executing the current Marketing Strategies of LighTec, Inc.

. Performed Project Risk Assessment/Cost analysis on all jobs

. Managed projects in all phases of PM life cycle

April, 2008- February 2010 Atlantic Energy Solutions, S. Main Street

Foxboro, MA

Program/Project Manager

. Responsible for the management of the energy efficiency program

contract for PSNH and fiscal budget of approximately $1 million

dollars to be used to provide energy efficiency lighting to small

businesses, cities, towns and schools in NH

. Put the company in a position to meet the goals set forth by the

utility. Met these goals at 93% of the contract sold. By the first

half of the year the company was at 55% of goal under my direction.

. Act as the liaison between lighting auditors and the customer.

Supplying materials and follow through to completion of the projects.

Accountable for quotes, RFP's, inventory and scheduled delivery of

product to the site as well as punch list items, open order reporting,

job close out and budgeting to make sure the projects fall within the

specified budgets. Manage the territories of subcontractors and

auditors to ensure projects are completed in a timely manner.

. Responsible for hiring electrical subcontractors. Coordinate pricing

with major vendors to assure the power needs for small businesses are

met at a reasonable cost. Other responsibilities include but not

limited to: bringing new business to Atlantic, interfacing with

existing customers to offer cost effective ways of doing projects and

ongoing training to assure that my knowledge base is the most current

to meet the demands of the marketplace.

. Ensure overall management of assigned energy efficiency projects

including engineering management, cost estimates, scheduling,

procurement of equipment, logistical coordination, and

subcontractor/vendor management, coordination with the customer and

financial performance and negotiating contracts for each fiscal year.

My major accomplishment was being very active in the negotiations with

PSNH utility to double the previous years' budget allotment of nearly

$2 million dollars.

. Contract negotiations for renewal of contracts when they went to bid

September, 2003- April 2008 - RISE Engineering, Cranston, RI

Program/Project Manager

. Responsible for the management of the energy efficiency program for

PSNH and Cape Light Compact (NStar) with a fiscal budge of

approximately $3 million dollars to be used to provide energy

efficiency upgraded lighting to small businesses, cities/towns and

schools in NH and Cape Cod.

. Put the company in a position to meet the goals set forth by the

utility. Met these goals at 93% of the contract sold.

. Act as the liaison between lighting auditors and the customer.

Supplying materials and follow through to completion of projects.

Accountable for quotes, RFP's, inventory and scheduled delivery to job

sites as well as addressing punch lists, open order reporting, job

close outs, and budgeting to make sure projects fall within project

specs and budgets. Managed territories and subcontractors and auditors

to ensure projects are completed in a timely manner.

. Responsible for the hiring of the hiring of electrical subcontractors.

Coordinate pricing with major vendors to assure the power needs of the

clients were met within a specified budget. Other responsibilities

include but are not limited to: bringing new business to RISE,

interfacing with existing clients to offer cost effective ways of

doing their projects and participated in ongoing training to assure

that my knowledge base is current with industry standards.

. Ensure overall management of the assigned energy efficiency projects

including engineering management, cost estimates, scheduling, and

procurement of equipment, logistical coordination, and

subcontractor/vendor management, coordination with customer and

financial performance and negotiating contracts for each fiscal year.

One of my major accomplishments was being very active in the

negotiations with PSNH and Cape Light Compact utilities to double the

previous years' budget allotment to nearly $6 million dollars.

. Make sure all phases of the contract were carried out in an efficient

manner from fiscal to service

January, 2001- August, 2003 - NESCO, 5 Shawmut Rd., Canton, MA

National Accounts Project Manager

. Worked on the national level doing design build and retrofitting of

large retail chains.

. Responsible for supplying power, lighting, and floor duct packages to

major retailers throughout the US and Puerto Rico.

. Accountable for blue print take offs, quotes, inventory and scheduled

delivery of product to the site as well as punch lists, open order

reporting and budgeting to make sure the project falls within

specified budgets also coordinated with major vendors such as GE to

assure the power needs for the stores were met.

. Responsible for remodel and design build of 300 stores in 2 years

. Other responsibilities included bringing in new national accounts

business to NESCO, interfacing with existing clients to offer cost

effective ways of doing their projects and ongoing training to assure

that my knowledge base is most current with marketplace trends

. Ensure overall management of assigned construction projects including

engineering management, labor hour expenditure, cost estimation,

scheduling, procurement, logistical coordination, subcontractor/vendor

management, coordination with the client and financial performance

. National Accounts Project Manager on the following accounts:

> TJX Companies (TJ Maxx, Maxx& More, AJ Wright, Home Goods,

Marshalls)

> CVS Caremark stores

> Staples Corporation

July, 1999- July, 2000 - Unicom, Inc. (formerly on Elmwood Ave,

Providence), Woonsocket, RI

Project Manager

. Primarily focused on Project Management in the educational arena from

K-12 and Higher Ed.

. Accountable for network installations from conceptual meetings through

deployment and customer acceptance.

. Coordinate, allocate, and schedule project based network engineering

personnel, subcontractors, and outside vendors.

. Knowledge of state contracts and E-rate contracts in RI, MA, CT, NH

and ME. Overseeing hardware and software product warehousing and

inventory and delivery was also a function of my PM role

. Interfaced with inside/outside sales on customer needs and operations

to ensure product scheduling. Project quality control and client

interface were major roles in my position. Some additional areas of

responsibility include: asset management tracking, labor hour

expenditure management, client billing, project punch lists and open

order reporting.

. Project Manager on the following projects:

> Phillips Academy, Andover, MA - multimode school wide NT an

Apple network installations

> City of Providence, RI- Multi NT/Novell network electronics

installation

> U-Mass, Dartmouth, MA - Activating internet access to 250+

students

> Woonsocket Public Schools- 75+ 3Com hub/switch, backbone

installations

February 1996- July, 1999 - RetroFit Technologies, Milford, MA

Project Manager

. Accountable for network services project management from conceptual

meeting through deployment and client acceptance.

. Coordinate, allocate and schedule project based network engineering

personnel, as well as subcontractors and outside vendors.

. Oversee hardware and software product warehousing and delivery,

interface with sales, purchasing and accounting dept. Project quality

control was also an important function as a PM.

. Other areas of responsibility include: asset management tracking,

labor expenditure management, project punch lists and open order

reporting.

. Project Manager on the following projects:

> MA Department of Corrections - multi NT network installations

> City of Brockton, MA - 250 node mixed platform, citywide network

installation

> Town of Millis, MA - 25 node NT and Unix network installations

> Salem State College - 250 node citywide NT and Unix network

installations

> City of Chicopee, MA - 100 node citywide NT and Unix network

installation

May, 1990 - February, 1996 - RetroFit Technologies, Milford, MA

Call Management Center Supervisor/Customer Relations Supervisor

. Directly responsible for the daily activities of the Call Management

Center Personnel and the dispatching of Field Service Engineers

. Key involvement with management on the corporate planning and design

to expand our existing customer base through the use of advanced

technologies.

. Additional responsibilities included management reporting, customer

relations, customer satisfaction surveys, and dispute resolution.

. Also included in daily responsibilities was prioritizing workload

requirements, distributing pertinent information and communication to

the team and matching skill sets of technical personnel to projects.

Education:

6/1996 - Providence College, Providence, RI

Bachelor's Degree in Health Services Administration

Personal:

I am very active in my community through volunteering.

. I am the concession stand manager for the Smithfield Youth Soccer

Association and have done this for the last 6 yrs.

. I teach CCD at St. Eugene's Church in Chepachet for my 12th year.

. I taught a Merit Badge Class for the local Boy Scouts Troop 1 in

Greenville in 2013 for Leadership in the Nation.

. I performed exit poll interviewing for the recent election cycle in

governor's race in the 2014 election year.

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